ANTONIO da NEGROPONTE - Madonna in trono. Venice, S. Francesco della Vigna.
ANTONIO da NEGROPONTE - Madonna in trono. Venice, S. Francesco della Vigna.
ANTONIO da NEGROPONTE - Madonna in trono. Venice, S. Francesco della Vignola.
ANTONIO da NEGROPONTE - Madonna in trono. Venice, S. Francesco della Vigna.
ANTONIO of PADUA, 1548
The bishop of Novgorod stipulated treaties with the Baltic Germans, resisted the princes who wanted war, and entered into relations with the Pope’s legates.
He is known for his *Libro del Pellegrino*, which first describes the church and treasures of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, then lists the riches, images, and especially the relics—even the most fabulous ones—that were preserved in the year 1200 in the various churches of the imperial city. This document, with its brief but precise information, holds great importance for archaeology and hagiography because it was compiled before the sack of 1204 (edition by Loparev, in *Pravoslavny Palestinski Sbornik*, XVII, fasc. III, 1899; French translation in B. de Khitrovo, *Itinéraires russes en Orient*, Geneva 1889, pp. 85–111).